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Faraday to Charles Julius Roberts   24 January 18321

Royal Institution | Jan 24, 1832

My dear Sir

Many thanks for your proxy & kindness. Yesterday came on the election2[.] We succeeded wonderfully by the kindness of friends & yourself among them[.]

Ever | Dear Sir | Truly Yours | M. Faraday

Dr. Roberts | &c &c &c


Address: Dr Roberts | &c &c | Bridge Street | Blackfriars

1
Charles Julius Roberts (d.1851, age 56, GRO). Physician.
2
This was to provide a place for an orphan in the London Orphan Asylum in Clapton, founded in 1813, of which Faraday became a subscriber in 1831. See the 1832 Report of the London Orphan AsylumSuRO 3719/2/6, p.88 (Roberts is listed as a subscriber since 1827 on p.167). Each subscriber had one or more votes (depending on the size of their subscription) for suitable candidates for a place in the orphanage. Votes could be transferred by proxy between subscribers. For accounts of the London Orphan Asylum see Alvey (1990) and Bache (1839), 58-65.

Bibliography

ALVEY, Norman (1990): Education by Election: Reed's School, Clapton and Watford, St Albans.

BACHE, Alexander Dallas (1839): Report on Education in Europe, to the Trustees of the Girard College for Orphans, Philadelphia.

Please cite as “Faraday0533,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday0533